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3 UNITED STATES P TENT QFFIGE. f it ALBERT e. CLASS, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, Assrenoie or ONE-HALF OF HIS RIGHT TO KIRKE D. BISHOP, or SAME PLACE.

DRAlN-FAUCET.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 224,582, dated February 17, 1880.

' i Application filed July 28,1879.

from barrels.

Said improvement consists of attaching to the inner end of the stem of the faucet a flexible tube in such way thatwhen the implement is inserted in the draft-hole of the barrel the flexible tube will be sprung or turned downward, so that the extreme end thereof will be at or near the bottom of the vessel'that is to say, below the opening of the faucet-so that all, or nearly all, the liquid below the opening of the faucet can be drawn off, which is leftin the barrelwhen an ordinary faucet is used for i draft.

A fulldetailed description of the improvementand the operation of the same are as fol- 5 lows, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification,

in whicht Figure 1 is a side view of the faucet having attached thereto the aforesaidimprovement. Fig. 3 is an end view of the faucet attachment. Fig. 4 is a side view of the tubular attachment of the faucet turned upward in position for being inserted in the barrel. Like letters of reference refer to like parts i in the several views.

It is well knowntha-t the contents of a barrel are usually drawn from the head by means of a faucet inserted therein near the bottom as 40, the barrel lies upon its side. In consequence of the bilge of the barrel, and also for the reason that the hole for the faucet is made a little above the chine, all the liquid above the faucet will flow therefrom, but that which remains below will not run off unless the barrelbe tilted for that purpose.

The faucet above alluded to is or may be of the ordinary construction, consisting, in brief, of the stem or body A. Fig. 1, and the key B.

I 50. To the barrel end of the faucet or stem is secured, by any suitable means, a plug, 0. That part screwed. into the stem is provided with an opening corresponding to the base of the stem, and therein is inserted a piece of rubber tubing, D, which, as will be seen in the drawings, projects downward from the end of the faucet. This downward direction of the tube is caused by a bar, a, extending across the outerend of the plug between the cheeks b and 0, under which the tube projects, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

It will be obvious that whenthe end of the faucet is inserted in the barrel the end of the tube will descend below the outlet or bore of the faucet,'the tubing being sufficiently long to reach to the bottom of the cask and rest thereon upon the corner 61, leaving the end of the tube open for the liquor to pass in. The tube, as will be seen, is out diagonally across for that purpose.

Some liquors-as beer, for instance-are drawn from the casks while under pressure; hence as long as the contents of the barrel are above the opening of the faucet no trouble is found in drawing said contents; but when the liquor falls below the bore of the faucet it ceases to run-that is, when an ordinary faucet is used-whereas, by having the tubular attachment applied to the faucet, as herein described, all the liquor, or nearly all, that may be below the bore of the faucet will be drawn off, it being forced out by the applied pressure.

In the eventthe barrel is tipped up the liquor therein will flow out without the application thereto of pressure exerted by mechani cal ineanswhen the liquor is below the bore of the inner end of the faucet, but above the outer end, for the reason that the tube attached to the inner end of the .faucet,as above de- 0. scribed, converts the faucet into a siphon, which, by siphonic action, will draw off the liquor remaining, in the cask.

To insert the end of the faucet in the barrel the tube D is turned up over the bar a. of the 9 5 plug and back between the sides or cheeks b c, as shown in Fig. 4. In this position of the tube it takes up no more room than the thickness of the plug. Therefore it can be easily thrust into the draft-hole made in the barrel, 10o

When the end of the faucet is projected into therein a flexible tube deflected downward by the cask the rubber tube will spring to the posia bar, a, across the outer end of the plug betion shown in Fig. 1,- extending down into the tween the sides or checks 1) 0, under which bar liquor below the faucet, as and for the purpose the said tube passes, for the purpose specified, 5 afigvesaid. and substantially as described.

hat I claim as my invention and desire to v secure by Letters Patent, is 7 ALBERT GLASS In a faucet for drawing liquors from barrels, Witnesses: a hollow plug, (J, attached to the inner end of J. H. BURRIDGE, [o the stem of said faucet, and having inserted O. F. FORD. 

